Unusually quiet Koel

This female Asian Koel was up high at the same spot ever since the first moment I saw it, and extremely quiet.  I had guessed that it was waiting for calls from a male, and more than half an hour later, I was proven right.  However, it was not easy then to track the male calling but I did find it eventually amidst rather dense leaves and high up.  And shortly after, the female flew off, strange, not towards the male but away!  A peculiar courtship, if it is one!

And the male which was just a few feet away, amidst thick foliage.

A fruitful day

Choices,
red or green,
of yesterday, 
today, and tomorrow.

A natural creation

The same
yet not the same,
Gorgeous by any standard,
Nature's craft.

Asian Koel (male)

Asian Koel (female)

Of the same, yet different

The male and female Asian koel, each beautiful in its own right.

The dark handsome brooding male

The female in her spotted hues